When Cathie Lechareas and Victor Hurtado met for the first time to discuss their vision of a thriving Music Artist Community made up of Veterans and Service Members, the path was laid for what was certain to become one of the foremost benefits for Troop Artists today. They envisioned the creation of a military music community that would focus the world on America’s most musically and technically talented service members. Music Artists, with a history of serving their country in the military, were not receiving the Artist Development needed to succeed in the industry. Veterans interested in pursuing music industry careers in production, recording, management and other related music careers. were typically not given the opportunity to train and learn in these professions either.​

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Cathie Lechareas has been serving the Veteran community for over 30 years, following a tour in the military. By being a regular on Capitol Hill, heavily involved with Veteran Affairs and within the military community, Cathie is a natural choice to serve as Executive Director and a driving force in the leading the mission of bringing this high-profile and viable opportunity to our military artists.

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In the realm of Artist Development, there was no other choice but to bring in Victor Hurtado, a man that had been developing military music artists for the past 20 years. As a producer/director of the US Army Soldier Show, Hollywood Military Consultant, and expert in all things Artist Development, Victor was the perfect fit to become the Creative Director for C*A*M*M*O.​

Now, C*A*M*M*O has set out to raise over $20 million dollars to open its first “Center” in Nashville, Tennessee. Already major sponsors are jumping on board to help, whether they are defense contractors, corporations, music industry professionals or just patriotic individuals who think the cause worthy of their attention.

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C*A*M*M*O is ready to bring the voice of the American Veteran and Service Member to America and World, through music.